KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry has ordered the Taro brand biscuit produced by Bairong to be withdrawn from the market with immediate effect after an analysis found it contained melamine above the permissible level.

The ministry’s food quality and safety division director Noraini Mohd Othman in a statement Thursday said the product contained more than the 75 ppm (parts per million) level of melamine that is permitted.

The statement added that 12 products analysed by the division found them to meet the ministry’s standard for melamine content,

Consumers having any doubts about the melamine content of any product can contact the division at (603) 8883-3655, 8883-3503, 8883-3652 and 8883-3500 from 8am to 9pm including public holidays, or obtain more information at the division’s website here. -- Bernama